All 10 No.1-ranked U SPORTS programs held serve this past weekend as the fall term draws to a close.
Heading into the final weekend of competition of the first half of the 2018-19 campaign, UNB (men’s hockey), Montreal (women’s hockey), Carleton (men’s basketball), Laval (women’s basketball), Trinity Western (men’s volleyball), Calgary (women’s volleyball), UBC (men’s and women’s swimming) and Brock (men’s and women’s wrestling) each remain in top spot.
The final Top 10 rankings of 2018 will be released next Tuesday.
New this season, U SPORTS is implementing the ELO Rating System for the calculation of its weekly national rankings. Powered by RankR, ELO’s unique algorithm blends a statistical calculation with customized variables that is adaptable across a range of sports. For men’s hockey, it will be combined with the results of the media panel balloting (each weighted 50%) to produce the final top 10. For more information, click here.
Men's basketball
| Rank |
School |
Season |
Points |
Previous |
| 1 |
Carleton |
8-0 |
467 (44) |
1 |
| 2 |
Ryerson |
9-0 |
412 (1) |
2 |
| 3 |
Calgary |
10-0 |
389 (2) |
3 |
| 4 |
UBC |
7-1 |
322 |
4 |
| 5 |
Saint Mary's |
6-0 |
288 |
5 |
| 6 |
Alberta |
5-3 |
223 |
6 |
| 7 |
Ottawa |
6-2 |
193 |
7 |
| 8 |
Dalhousie |
4-3 |
116 |
8 |
| 9 |
Laurier |
7-3 |
98 |
9 |
| 10 |
Saskatchewan |
6-4 |
21 |
NR |
| Other teams receiving votes: Brock (15), UNB (14) |
Women's basketball
| Rank |
School |
Season |
Points |
Previous |
| 1 |
Laval |
4-0 |
546 (40) |
1 |
| 2 |
Ryerson |
9-0 |
512 (6) |
2 |
| 3 |
Concordia |
3-1 |
443 |
4 |
| 4 |
Ottawa |
7-1 |
422 |
5 |
| 5 |
McMaster |
7-2 |
374 |
3 |
| 6 |
Saskatchewan |
8-2 |
306 |
7 |
| 7 |
Carleton |
6-2 |
278 |
6 |
| 8 |
Calgary |
7-3 |
242 |
8 |
| 9 |
Regina |
6-2 |
177 |
9 |
| 10 |
Lakehead |
7-1 |
139 |
NR |
| Other teams receiving votes: UPEI (67), Cape Breton (57) |
Men's Hockey
| Rank |
School |
Season |
Media |
ELO |
Total |
Previous |
| 1 |
UNB |
13-0-3 |
144 (10) |
135 |
279 |
1 |
| 2 |
Alberta |
11-3-0 |
114 |
150 |
264 |
3 |
| 3 |
Saskatchewan |
13-1-0 |
138 (5) |
120 |
258 |
2 |
| 4 |
Ryerson |
12-1-1 |
98 |
105 |
203 |
5 |
| 5 |
Ottawa |
11-1-2 |
68 |
90 |
158 |
4 |
| 6 |
Saint Mary’s |
11-5-1 |
94 |
45 |
139 |
7 |
| 7 |
Carleton |
10-2-3 |
47 |
75 |
122 |
10 |
| 8 |
Queen's |
11-3-0 |
52 |
60 |
112 |
8 |
| 9 |
Calgary |
9-4-1 |
38 |
30 |
68 |
6 |
| 10 |
StFX |
9-5-2 |
21 |
15 |
36 |
NR |
| Honourable mention: Brock (3), McGill (2), York (2), UPEI (2), UBC (1) |
Hockey Ballots (PDF)
Women's hockey
| Rank |
School |
Season |
Points |
Previous |
| 1 |
Montreal |
8-2-0 |
40 (4) |
1 |
| 2 |
Manitoba |
10-3-1 |
36 |
3 |
| 3 |
McGill |
7-2-0 |
30* |
4 |
| 4 |
Alberta |
10-3-0 |
30* |
2 |
| 5 |
Concordia |
5-2-2 |
23 |
5 |
| 6 |
St. Thomas |
12-2-0 |
20 |
7 |
| 7 |
Western |
7-2-2 |
15 |
6 |
| 8 |
StFX |
9-3-2 |
14 |
8 |
| 9 |
UBC |
9-2-3 |
4* |
NR |
| 10 |
Saskatchewan |
9-4-1 |
4* |
9 |
| Other teams receiving votes: Nipissing (3), Queen’s (1) |
Men's Volleyball
| Rank |
School |
Season |
VRS |
Previous |
| 1 |
Trinity Western |
7-1 |
+2.19 |
1 |
| 2 |
Brandon |
8-2 |
+1.86 |
4 |
| 3 |
Laval |
8-0 |
+1.80 |
3 |
| 4 |
Mount Royal |
7-3 |
+1.64 |
2 |
| 5 |
Alberta |
9-1 |
+1.57 |
5 |
| 6 |
McMaster |
6-1 |
+1.48 |
6 |
| 7 |
Windsor |
7-2 |
+1.09 |
7 |
| 8 |
Thompson Rivers |
7-1 |
+0.84 |
8 |
| 9 |
Montreal |
6-2 |
+0.63 |
NR |
| 10 |
Queen’s |
7-2 |
+0.54 |
9 |
| Honourable Mention: Western (+0.47), Winnipeg (+0.43), Saskatchewan (+0.20) |
Women's volleyball
| Rank |
School |
Season |
Points |
Previous |
| 1 |
Calgary |
10-0 |
60 (4) |
1 |
| 2 |
Trinity Western |
10-0 |
56 |
2 |
| 3 |
Alberta |
8-2 |
52 |
3 |
| 4 |
Dalhousie |
9-0 |
48 |
4 |
| 5 |
Ryerson |
7-1 |
44 |
5 |
| 6 |
Waterloo |
7-0 |
40 |
6 |
| 7 |
McGill |
8-2 |
34 |
7 |
| 8 |
Toronto |
7-2 |
32 |
T9 |
| 9 |
Laval |
6-4 |
23 |
8 |
| 10 |
Montreal |
7-3 |
22 |
NR |
| Honourable Mention: UBC (21), Acadia (17), Western (16), Manitoba (5), Mount Royal (4) |
Men's Wrestling
| Rank |
School |
Points |
Previous |
| 1 |
Brock |
65 |
1 |
| 2 |
Alberta |
60 |
2 |
| 3 |
Saskatchewan |
47 |
3 |
| 4 |
Fraser Valley |
38* |
4 |
| 5 |
Lakehead |
38* |
5 |
| 6 |
Concordia |
29 |
6 |
| 7 |
Calgary |
28 |
9 |
| 8 |
McMaster |
24 |
NR |
| 9 |
York |
17 |
8 |
| 10 |
Guelph |
14 |
7 |
| Other teams receiving votes: Algoma (12), Western (12), Ryerson (9), UNB (3) |
*Fraser Valley ranked higher due to a higher number of higher-ranking individual wrestlers
Women's wrestling
| Rank |
School |
Points |
Previous |
| 1 |
Brock |
46 |
1 |
| 2 |
Alberta |
37 |
2 |
| 3 |
Calgary |
36 |
6 |
| 4 |
Guelph |
33 |
7 |
| 5. |
Concordia |
27 |
3 |
| 6. |
Saskatchewan |
27 |
4 |
| 7 |
Western |
20 |
5 |
| 8 |
Fraser Valley |
16 |
8 |
| 9 |
McMaster |
14 |
9 |
| 10 |
Lakehead |
9* |
10 |
| Other teams receiving votes: York (9)*, Queen’s (7), UNB (4) |
*Lakehead ranked No.9 over York due to a higher number of higher-ranking individual wrestlers
Top 10 formats:
- Men’s and women’s basketball, women’s hockey and women’s volleyball rankings determined by coaches’ vote.
- Men’s volleyball Top 10 determined by the Volleyball Ranking System (VRS) – teams ranked according to their average sets won differential
- Swimming and Wrestling rankings calculated from individual results by school. Individual rankings available on ca and wrestling.ca
